The Green Devils didn't fare well in the team competition, earning only three points, two from Wali. Miami Sunset leads with 11. But St. Petersburg coach Alan Turnquist wasn't discouraged.

"They came and represented themselves well," Turnquist said. "None of them rolled over.

"It also opened their eyes to how hard they have to work to reach the level of these kids."

Thursday's matches were delayed about six hours because of rain, and after Wednesday's suspension officials changed the format to speed up play.

Instead of playing the best of three sets, matches would consist of two sets and a 10-point tiebreaker if necessary.

Wharton doubles pair Frankie Castillo and Konstantin Larzarov and Gaither's Brianna Williams could have used that extra time to get back in their matches and win.

Castillo and Larzarov didn't need the tiebreaker to win their first match 6-3, 6-3 over Miami Killian's Bradley Mixon and Gustavo Sanbenetti. But they would in the individual doubles semifinal against Olympic Heights' David Pernstein and Jonathan Dumas, losing 6-3, 3-6, (10-3).

In her individual singles semifinal, Williams had trouble holding serve against Miami Palmetto's powerful Jessica Barron, losing the first set 6-4. She came back in the second by smacking more winners and won 6-2 to split the match, but she fell behind quickly in the 10-point tiebreaker. She tried to work out of a 9-3 hole and got to within 9-7 before losing 10-7.